NEW ORLEANS — Los Angeles Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak vowed he would be pursuing deals ever since the Chris Paul trade fell through on the eve of training camp and he finally might have found his trade on the eve of Thursday’s noon PT trade deadline. The Lakers revisited talks to acquire Minnesota Timberwolves [...]
Forward Lamar Odom will skip what was Saturday’s scheduled return to the court in the D-League, and instead report directly to the Dallas Mavericks as they seek to snap a four-game skid. The Mavericks, who recalled Odom from the D-League’s Texas Legends earlier in the day, have lost five of six and face the Utah [...]
Feb. 17, 2012, 5:52 p.m. CST Carmelo Anthony won’t be the only shooter looking to get some passes from Jeremy Lin. J.R. Smith announced via his Twitter account Friday morning that he will be joining the team. Though the Knicks have yet to make a formal announcement, it appears to be a done deal as [...]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The New Orleans Hornets owned a 4-21 record prior to their home game on Wednesday night against the Chicago Bulls. Their fans needed a distraction from the ineptitude. Maybe that’s why actor-comedian Will Ferrell was called on to introduce the teams’ starting lineups before the game. The Hornets are now 4-22, after [...]
What does Cousins want? (Rich Pedroncelli / AP) DeMarcus Cousins wants out of Sacramento, apparently in the worst way. Or does he? He demanded a trade on Christmas Eve and again after a loss Saturday night, yelling “trade me now!” to Coach Paul Westphal, according to Yahoo Sports. Cousins’ agent, John Grieg, contends that the [...]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)—The Sacramento Kings and DeMarcus Cousins abruptly began to sever ties Sunday after the team said the promising young center demanded a trade. Kings coach Paul Westphal released a statement before Sacramento hosted the New Orleans Hornets, criticizing Cousins’ commitment to the franchise and excusing him from the team’s game. He also confirmed [...]
The compressed NBA schedule following the lockout figured to be hard on a Boston Celtics team largely built around three aging veterans. Playing without one of them is making it even harder than expected. Paul Pierce will be sidelined again Wednesday night when the Celtics visit the New Orleans Hornets hoping to avoid a third [...]
Rumors are swirling Tuesday that the Clippers’ signing of Chauncey Billups on Monday means they have a better chance of acquiring Chris Paul in a reconfigured deal with the New Orleans Hornets. Ken Berger of CBSsports.com says signing Billups allows the Clippers to include point guard Eric Bledsoe in the deal, which would make the trade [...]
LOS ANGELES — The Clippers have won the waiver bidding for former Piston Chauncey Billups, who was waived by the New York Knicks under the NBA’s one-time amnesty provision, said two people familiar with the process who were not authorized to speak on the matter. Teams were notified Monday in a memo that the Clippers [...]
Updated The anticipation that New Orleans Hornets point guard Chris Paul would be headed to Los Angeles, this time to the Clippers, again turned out to be a false alarm. New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul, left, guards forward Quincy Pondexter in practice for a team Paul doesn’t want to remain with. By Gerald Herbert, [...]
